VICR Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, VICR traded between $4.28 and $5.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 94.1%, placing in the 43.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 19.6% (HV 20d: 113.7%). Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-12: Highest Volume — 20 contracts
  • 2009-02-17: Largest IV spike — 9.6% change
  • 2009-02-17: Highest IV Rank — 46.6%
  • 2009-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 28.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.84$4.28$5.36$5.05$4.60
ATM IV94.1%88.6%98.8%93.0%94.1%
Expected Move27.3%25.6%28.7%26.7%27.0%
HV 20d113.7%98.8%122.7%119.6%98.8%
HV 60d124.3%113.5%131.2%130.8%113.5%
IV Rank43.4%39.6%46.6%42.6%43.4%
IV Percentile85.6%77.4%92.9%84.5%83.3%
Term Structure-1.0%-5.5%5.3%1.4%0.3%
Skew 25d11.4%-4.0%36.9%6.1%23.7%
Skew 10d18.5%-19.8%61.6%17.9%28.0%
Call IV 25d78.5%61.5%92.9%81.5%68.5%
Put IV 25d89.9%84.2%116.4%87.6%92.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.0623.7469.3837.4234.23
Gamma HHI0.390.360.480.370.42
Net GEX6.7K4.5K8.6K7.2K5.9K
Net DEX-322.5K-470.0K-161.7K-379.7K-249.2K
Net VEX-2.1K-2.7K-1.5K-2.5K-1.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.78902000
Total OI3,316.7893,3103,3313,3103,331

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$5.05$0.0093.0%26.7%119.6%42.6%0.0%6.1%1.4%7.2K-379.7K-2.5K0.0037.42N/AN/A002,982328
2009-02-03$5.29$0.0098.5%28.3%119.9%46.4%0.0%12.6%-4.8%8.3K-453.2K-2.7K0.0034.54N/AN/A002,982328
2009-02-04$4.79$0.0089.3%25.6%122.0%40.1%0.0%-3.2%5.3%6.7K-328.9K-2.3K0.0040.40N/AN/A002,982328
2009-02-05$4.90$0.0093.5%26.8%122.1%43.0%0.0%-4.0%-0.2%7.2K-357.0K-2.4K0.0035.96N/AN/A002,982328
2009-02-06$5.32$0.0090.7%28.7%122.7%41.0%0.0%3.6%-5.2%8.4K-460.3K-2.7K0.0045.90N/AN/A002,982328
2009-02-09$5.36$0.0094.1%28.2%118.3%43.4%0.0%12.4%-3.2%8.6K-470.0K-2.6K0.0069.38N/AN/A002,982328
2009-02-10$4.85$0.0090.1%26.7%118.9%40.6%0.0%-0.2%-0.5%6.9K-338.6K-2.2K0.0028.60N/AN/A002,982328
2009-02-11$4.83$0.0088.6%26.5%118.4%39.6%0.0%0.7%2.2%6.8K-325.7K-2.2K0.0025.18N/AN/A002,982328
2009-02-12$4.84$0.0093.7%26.9%117.7%43.1%0.0%1.1%0.2%6.8K-329.5K-2.2K0.0024.67N/AN/A0202,982328
2009-02-13$5.16$0.0090.2%25.9%113.4%40.7%0.0%11.7%3.1%7.7K-395.2K-2.4K0.0024.52N/AN/A002,982338
2009-02-17$4.73$0.0098.8%28.3%117.8%46.6%0.0%-3.5%-2.9%6.4K-295.1K-2.1K0.0023.74N/AN/A002,982338
2009-02-18$4.66$0.0097.7%28.0%112.2%45.9%0.0%26.9%-4.3%6.2K-281.4K-2.0K0.0027.09N/AN/A002,982338
2009-02-19$4.72$0.0093.0%26.6%103.4%42.6%0.0%26.6%0.6%6.3K-280.5K-2.0K0.0025.62N/AN/A002,982338
2009-02-20$4.63$0.0094.4%27.1%100.4%43.6%0.0%27.7%0.9%6.2K-277.9K-1.9K0.0031.97N/AN/A002,982338
2009-02-23$4.28$0.0097.7%28.0%102.6%45.8%0.0%36.9%-4.7%4.5K-161.7K-1.5K0.0036.00N/AN/A002,982338
2009-02-24$4.86$0.0094.0%26.9%111.6%43.3%0.0%0.0%0.8%6.5K-291.4K-2.0K0.0028.27N/AN/A702,982338
2009-02-25$4.55$0.0098.8%28.3%112.8%46.6%0.0%14.7%-2.1%5.6K-237.3K-1.8K0.0030.77N/AN/A702,989338
2009-02-26$4.50$0.0097.8%28.0%107.0%45.9%0.0%12.1%-5.5%5.4K-215.1K-1.7K0.0023.92N/AN/A002,993338
2009-02-27$4.60$0.0094.1%27.0%98.8%43.4%0.0%23.7%0.3%5.9K-249.2K-1.8K0.0034.23N/AN/A002,993338